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Where does “carnaúba” come from?

carnaúba (Spanish) comes from Portuguese carnaúba, from Old Tupi karana'yba, from Old Tupi 'ybá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa.

carnaúba (Spanish): carnauba

Definitions

  1. carnauba

Ancestry of “carnaúba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecarnaúbacarnauba
2Old Tupikarana'yba—
3Old Tupi'ybá—
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*ɨˀβa—
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa →